Month: April 2025

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: The highly anticipated release of 'Abir Gulaal', marking the return of Pakistani actor Fawad Khan to Indian cinema, has been thrown into jeopardy following the terror attack in J&K's Pahalgam. The attack, which claimed the lives of 26 people has reignited public anger and sparked renewed demands for a boycott of Pakistani talent in Indian films.Information and broadcasting ministry sources have indicated that govt may not permit the film's release, reflecting a hardened stance amid escalating tensions. The backlash has also spilled over into the entertainment industry, with several theatre owners and film distributors expressing reluctance to screen the film, fearing public unrest and possible protests.This is not the first time Khan has faced controversy over cross-border tensions. In 2016, after the Uri attack, Karan Johar's 'Ae Dil Hai Mushkil' - which also featured Khan - faced […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has moved SC challenging summons issued to him by a trial court in UP in the VD Savarkar defamation case filed against him.A bench headed by Justices Dipankar Datta and Manmohan is likely to hear Rahul's plea against summons issued to him. Rahul, leader of opposition in Lok Sabha, had moved Supreme Court after his plea was rejected by Allahabad high court on April 4. "The impugned proceedings are clearly frivolous, vexatious and designed to inflict criminal process as a virtual punishment and a deterrent for free exercise of his freedoms and from freely performing his duty as a responsible opposition leader at national level," the petition said. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] PATNA: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar on Thursday blamed his JDU colleague and Union minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh - also known as Lalan Singh - for his party's brief exit in 2022 from BJP-led NDA. Nitish was sharing stage with Narendra Modi at an event in Madhubani and reassured the PM that JDU remained firmly aligned with NDA now. Singh, a former JDU national president, was also present at the programme.Nitish reaffirmed his commitment to fighting RJD, led by ex-CMs Lalu Prasad and wife Rabri Devi. "We committed a mistake by joining hands with them. He (Singh) is sitting here. He was party president. Then he realised that they (RJD) were doing wrong things and we came back to NDA (in early 2024," Nitish said. [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A Delhi court dismissed on Thursday a plea filed by Tahawwur Rana seeking permission for a telephonic interaction with his family. "Not allowed," said special NIA judge Chander Jit Singh.The court had reserved its verdict on the plea on Wednesday after hearing arguments from National Investigation Agency and the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack accused's legal aid counsel during in-camera proceedings.Rana had moved an application through his lawyers, legal aid counsels Piyush Sachdeva and Lakshya Dheer, claiming that as a foreign national it was his basic and fundamental right to talk to his family who are worried about his condition in custody.Opposing the plea, NIA argued that probe against Rana was at a critical stage and permitting communication with his family could jeopardise ongoing proceedings.NIA officials, along with Narender Mann, special public prosecutor in the case appearing before […]

[ad_1] PATNA/NEW DELHI: Speaking against the backdrop of support from important world leaders, including US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, PM Modi, while vowing retribution for the Pahalgam attack, also appeared confident of the support of the international community for his plan of action. "Everyone who believes in humanity is with us. I thank the people of various countries and their leaders who have stood with us in these times," Modi said.Modi said the entire country was distressed, and crores of countrymen were saddened by the brutality with which terrorists killed innocent tourists."The entire country stands with the affected families in their grief. Govt is making every effort to ensure that family members who are currently undergoing treatment recover soon," he added.Taking sips of water in the sweltering heat, the PM said in the terrorist attack, someone […]

[ad_1] JAIPUR: ED arrested Congress veteran and former Rajasthan minister Mahesh Joshi Thursday after interrogating him for seven hours in a multi-crore money laundering case. Joshi was arrested under Section 19 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, with investigators saying they had collected substantial evidence, including bank details and documentation of movable and immovable properties in his name.The investigation is based on an FIR filed by Anti-Corruption Bureau, Jaipur, alleging that Padamchand Jain, owner of Shree Shyam Tubewell Company, and others were involved in bribing public servants to win contracts and cover up suspected irregularities in public health engineering department (PHED) projects during the erstwhile Congress govt's term. Joshi was PHED minister in the Ashok Gehlot govt from Nov 21, 2021, to Dec 3, 2023.Joshi's arrest follows a SC observation during a bail hearing of one of those already taken […]

[ad_1] Representative image (AI-generated) KOLKATA: A 29-year-old man was beaten to death in New Town's Gouranganar after he confronted three goons harassing his live-in partner - who had left home in a huff after a spat - near their rented home on in the early hours of Thursday.The trio, local strongmen, continued to assault Sanket Chatterjee even as his girlfriend pleaded with them and later knocked on doors in the Khudiram Pally neighbourhood for help, with none coming to her aid. The distraught woman then called up friends and relatives, who informed the police and rushed to the spot. Cops took Sanket to a govt hospital, where he died around 8 am.The three men - Sambhu Mandal, Sagar Das, and Raju Ghosh - were nabbed from a hideout by noon and booked for murder.The victim's sister, Mahima, said minutes after […]

[ad_1] NEW DELHI: On a day when J&K Police announced rewards of Rs 20 lakh each for the three Lashkar terrorists suspected to be behind the Pahalgam attack, investigators were looking into possible links between the massacre of tourists on Tuesday and at least two more strikes.The three terrorists for whom rewards have been announced are Adil Hussain Thokar, a local Kashmiri, and Pakistani nationals Hasim Musa aka Suleiman and Ali Bhai aka Talha. Investigators were looking into strong suspicion about the Pahalgam massacre being linked to least two other terror strikes in October 2024 - one at Gagangir (Ganderbal), which killed six non-local labourers and a local doctor, and another at Buta Pathri (Baramulla) in which two Army personnel and as many Army porters lost their lives - amid strong suspicion that the three attacks were part of a […]